Milkshake Meaning
/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
nounA thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
Sentence Examples
Please make a milkshake for me.
Layla had a strawberry milkshake.
Tom had a strawberry milkshake and Mary had a chocolate milkshake.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the ice cream shop, I ordered a thick strawberry ____ with whipped cream.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
On the hot summer afternoon, they stopped at the local diner to share a thick strawberry ____ topped with whipped cream.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English milk English shake English milkshake From milk + shake.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson."
— 2019 May 21, Luke McGee, “Right-wing British politicians are having milkshakes thrown over them. Here’s why”, in CNN:
"McDonald’s has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies."
— 2021 August 24, Charles Riley, “McDonald’s has run out of milkshakes in the UK”, in CNN:
"It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same,"
— 2023, Seamus Bruner, Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life:
"It was the illegal administration by trainer Gregory Martin and subsequent positive test of a baking soda, sugar and water mixture – commonly known as a “milkshake” – prior to one of his runner’s 10 length romps in a $12,000 claiming race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003 that initially helped to bring the $200 million in illegal wagers to light."
— (Can we date this quote?), Jen Roytz, “Cosequin presents OTTB Showcase: A One Rocket (a.k.a. “Rocky”)”, in Paulick Report, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025, page 1:
"In 1999, the trainer Bobby Frankel was rumored to have given a high-profile filly a "milkshake" — a high dose of baking soda intended to increase endurance — before a race in Kentucky."
— 2025, Katie Bo Lillis, Death of a Racehorse: An American Story, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the ice cream shop, I ordered a thick strawberry ____ with whipped cream.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
On the hot summer afternoon, they stopped at the local diner to share a thick strawberry ____ topped with whipped cream.